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Nov. 24, 1936. J. M. WHEATON CLOSURE Filed March 15, 1935 1N VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 24, 1936 a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I cnosuaa Jack ML Wheaten, Toledo, Ohio, assignor to gaggle-Illinois Glass Company, a corporation 0 Application March 15, 1935, Serial No. 11,268

1 Claim. (Cl. 221-147) The present invention relates to improvements vided with screw threads I or the like, designed in closures for bottles and jars and particularly for engagement with external threads 8 on the to that type formed of a phenolic condensation neck 9 of a bottle in or the like container. This compound or synthetic resin and including a neck provides a filling and discharge opening II,

p threaded attaching flange designed for holding which is adapted to be sealed by said closure. A 5

engagement with exterior threads or lugs on the sealing ring I! is intended to be broughtinto container. sealing engagement with the upper end of the In the production of molded closures. it has neck by application of said closure. This ring been discovered that the embodiment therein of may well be arranged within and attached to 10 'a measuring cup of any appreciable capacity, the cap. 1i necasitates forming a portion of the cup outside A measuring cup 13 axially aligned with the of the closure, that is, not entirely within the closure and extending through the top portion, confines of the attaching flange as is customary. is formed integral with the latter and includes Thisis necessary owingtothe impracticability of a circular bottom wall it and a circular side 15 constructing and impossibility of using a mold wall IS, the latter being concentric with the atl or die in which the annular channel for shaping taching flange 6 and extending into the space dethe wall of the measuring cup'is of.a depth to fined by said flange and in part projecting outform a wall of the necessary dimensions entirely wardly or upwardly from the circular top porheneath the top portion .of the closure. tion 5. The side walls l5 of the cup may be An outstanding feature of the present inventapered to some degree to facilitate removal of 1 tion is the provision of a novel and practical the finished article from the mold, although the means for producing a cap or closure including as inherent elasticity of the phenolic condensation an integral part thereof. a measuring cup which composition during the final stages of the molding is designed primarily for measuring the contents operation, greatly facilitates removal of the fln- '5 of the container as they are dispensed for use. ishedartlcle. 2 To this end the measuring cup is disposed partly Modifications may be resorted to within the within and partly without the closure proper. spirit and scope of the appended claim. As a result. the article may be produced satis- I claim:

- factorily on a commercial basis. A one-piece closure -formed of a synthetic resin so Other obiects will be in part apparent and in and including a circular internally. screw thread- 5 part pointed out hereinafter. ed attaching flange. -a measuring cup axially In the drawing: aligned with the flange and having tapered side Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of the closure walls, the open end of the cup terminating in attached to the neck of a'container. proximity to one end of said attaching flange and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. having its other end extending outwardly beyond m. 3 is a top plan view. the opposite end of the flange, a transverse wall Fig. 4 is a side eievational view with parts connecting an intermediate portion of the cup broken away and shown in section, illustrating and said opposite end of the attaching flange the measuring cup in use. and a sealing gasket' arranged on the under side so In the illustrated embodiment of the invention of said wall. 4 1 theclosureconsistsofacirculartopportion! JACKMWHEATON.

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